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ah huh!

This is why the hosting section has been down for quite a while, with a reference to a non-existent network status item.

thanks.

andrew.a writes...

This is why the hosting section has been down for quite a while

So far as I know, the new hosting system should effect the current hosting... At least, it shouldnt effect the westnethosting.com.au pages.

What hasn't been working for you?

fungalduck writes...

What hasn't been working for you?

Anyone using ns1/bilby.westnet.com.au (203.10.1.17) for DNS gets a bum steer to an incorrect address for the westnethosting.com.au page.

basso:~# host westnethosting.com.au bilby.wn.com.au
westnethosting.com.au A 202.72.148.216

basso:~# host westnethosting.com.au ns1.westnethosting.com.au
westnethosting.com.au A 203.10.1.25

I reported it to hosting via phone a week ago, so it should almost be fixed.

andrew.a writes...

Anyone using ns1/bilby.westnet.com.au (203.10.1.17) for DNS gets a bum steer to an incorrect address for the westnethosting.com.au page.

As far as I can see, westnethosting.com.au is delegated to ns1/ns2.westnethosting.com.au:

machine:~ user$ whois westnethosting.com.au
[...]
Name Server:                     ns1.westnethosting.com.au
Name Server IP:                  202.72.184.13
Name Server:                     ns2.westnethosting.com.au
Name Server IP:                  202.72.184.12

I don't believe Westnet has customers using bilby.wn.com.au as a DNS resolver/cache, so it shouldn't pose a problem.